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Partnering with The Women's Center to Help Single Women Like Josie The Women’s Center of Wake County does incredible work serving single women who are unsheltered. Last week, they shared with us Josie’s journey and asked the Cooper Charitable Foundation for assistance getting her into stable housing. This 42-year-old woman bravely left an unhealthy relationship…

Dealing with Domestic Violence Dealing with domestic violence is more common than we think. In fact, a number of the families we have helped this past year are survivors who are trying to start a new life for themselves – and often, their children. This week we helped a 33-year-old single mom, who recently relocated…

Housing Assistance for a Single Mother of 3 Jasmine, a 37-year-old single mother of three, recently graduated from a medical program at Wake Tech and has a good job at a primary care facility. Despite her accomplishments, she has faced housing instability. She and her children — 7-year-old twins and a 5-year-old — were living…

Tina Shares Her Story The Cooper Charitable Foundation worked with The Women’s Center of Wake County, providing a housing stability grant to help Tina access permanent housing. After being homeless for a year, Tina is enjoying her new life at Capitol Towers. Working together, we can help those in need realize their dreams. This is…

New Nonprofit Aids Housing Crisis Cooper Charitable Foundation is now providing housing stability grants to Raleighites in need. by Anna Beth Adcock “There is housing around us. It’s just not always affordable.” So says John Cooper, founder of the Cooper Charitable Foundation, a recently debuted nonprofit with a mission to provide support to locals who…